“These systems were widely used during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” it said, citing intelligence information. Since solid Ukrainian air defenses may have limited manned flights beyond the frontline, Russia was forced to deploy more unmanned aerial vehicles. The sanctions should therefore harm the Russian defense industry and make it difficult for Moscow to replace losses of unmanned combat drones.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss presented part of the new sanctions against oligarchs and Russian institutions such as banks on Thursday. Even before the war started, London began to share intelligence information with the public in an unusually open manner. For weeks now, the government has been publishing daily assessments of the course of the war of aggression.